The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1913 Page: 2 of 10
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MATAGORDA.
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the canal when they expect to con-
tinue to Porto Rico where they expect
to spend the winter.
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buyer for the J. E. Broussard Milling
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Hawkinsville and stopped a short
time here on his way to the guf in his
launch.
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Mr. Erie Laraway left Sunday eve-
ning for Ontario, California, where he
was called to fill the position of as-
sistant superintendent with the Hot
Point Electric Company. Mr. Lara-
way leaves a host of friends in Texas
whose good wishes go with him.
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To get ’em to shop early with you,
you should advertise early and late
for them.
port Tuesday and reports that about
all the rice is now harvested and in
the warehouse or shipped.
A colony of thirteen cotton farmers
from Navarro County came in Satur-
day night and two carloads of .emi-
grant goods soon followed and there
are more to follow in a few ciays.
Collegeport is filling up with North
: Texas people until there is not am
empty dwelling in town. These are
[mostly cotton farmers and each head,
of a family will put in a crop of cot-
ton and corn. There are about 30
houses being built north of town on
the Simpson tract and about the same
number are to be built as fast as ma-
terial can be got on the ground.
A heavy rain on Thanksgiving Day,
followed by a very heavy one on Sat-
urday, amounting together to about
six inches, ,has made roads very bad
and has stopped sod plowing in many
instances. The weather keeps, warm,
the mercury not going below 60 dur-
ing the past week.
Cotton is to be the big crop around
Collegeport next season. From the
present outlook, there will be not less
than 5000 acres planted to this staple,
besides there will be a large acreage
of corn planted also.
A petition for a road district has
been signed and presented to the
board of commissioners, asking for a
bond issue of $30,000 and an order for
an election to be called at once. The
petitioners judge that the grading of
the roads will pretty effectually give
sufficient drainage also.
Burdon D. Hurd
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with his wife
but left early Friday for the east on
pressing business.
Notwithstanding the surpassing
high water in the Colorado River, it
will not reach within three feet of
the top of the concrete wall enclosing
the machinery of the Collegeport Irri-
gation Company’s pumping plant.
The rice crop on the Collegeport
canal totaled about 25,000 sacks, val-
ued between $85,000 and $90,000. The
rains during harvest lessened the re-
ceipts somewhere near $25,000. The
quality of the rice is way above most
of the rices grown in the rice belt,
so it is stated by several rice in-
spectors.
Mrs. David H. Brasfied of Bay City
is a visitor in Collegeport for a sea-
son, a guest of Mrs. Burton D. Hurd.
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growing crop;, first class improve-
ments; one-third cash, balance to suit
purchaser. S. P. Johnson, P. O. Box
No. 7, Van Vleck, Texas. tfd
George W. Walker left on Friday for
Palacios to make his home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Farwell motored
up from Palacios Friday.
A neat sum "was realized at the pub-
lic school Wednesday for the benefti
of the school library.
Mrs. James Mineck and Miss Edna
Haver spent Tuesday in Bay City.
The Blessing orchestra gave
Thanksgiving dance at Logan Hall on
Thursday night.
Dr. S. A. Foote of Bay City was in
town Wednesday between trains.
Miss Kate Barnes spent Saturday
and Sunday in Bay City.
Col. J. E. Pierce returned Monday
from a few days in Houston.
Dr. Foote of Bay City made a pro-
fessional call, here Sunday.
Mr. Henry Smoot of Seadrift, Texas,
is visiting friends in Blessing.
Mrs. L. J. Ducros of Bay City spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Chas.
E. Duller.
Harold Swagerty was a Bay City
visitor Monday afternoon.
Miss Josie Sargent got back home
from Wharton Saturday where she
attended the Thanksgiving ball.
Harold Feathers, Editor Gilbert’s
assistant, spent Thanksgiving and un-
til Sunday at Palacios with his pa-
rents.
Miss Marie Zipprian, Miss Vera
Burke and Mrs. Ed Zipprian were Bay
City shoppers Saturday.
Mrs. Elbert Moberley and two lit-
tle tots, Edith and Minnie, visited in
Bay City from Friday until Sunday.
• Miss Tenie Holmes of the Bay City
High School faculty spent Thanks-
giving here with her friend, Mrs. B.
A. Ryman.
Mrs. F. P. Hamilton went to
City Thursday to see her sister, Mrs.
J. W. Rugeley, who was ill, and re-
turned home Tuesday.
Mrs. Otto Middlebrook of Clemville
spent two days here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Savage, returning
home Sunday.
John Spoor of Palacios and Bud
Spoor of Ashby came to Matagorda
Friday for a brief visit with their
sister, Mrs. A. A. Duffy.
J. F. Williams and H. H. Serrill
went to Palacios by water this week,
returning home Tuesday and they re-
port a very rough trip.
Mrs. James Gillett came in from
Bay City Sunday to visit her mother;
Mrs. Catherine Williams, and her sis-
ter, Mrs. B. A. Ryman.
J. R. Inglehart spent Thanksgiving
here with his wife and family. Mon-
day he will move them to Bay City
where they will make their future
home.
Mrs. R. C. Emmel and little daugh-
ter, Dorothy, came from Bay City
Monday for a week’s stay with Mrs.
Emmel’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Williams.
Mr. F. L. Rugeley went to Austin
Wednesday to visit his son, Maynard,
at the State University there and also
to witness the football game.
Miss Josie Sargent will attend
big ball at Eagle Lake tonight,
will be joined at Bay City by Mrs.
S. R. Sholars and Miss Margarite
Hamilton.
Mrs. Emma Murphy and daughter
returned Wednesday night from Hous-
ton.
Mrs. L. G. Cobb of Citrus Grove
spent a few days with Blessing friends
this week.
Miss Francis Brown spent Friday in
Bay City.
Mr. Andrew Monroe spent Sunday
visiting Palacios friends.
Mrs. Edith Law went to, Markham
Monday.
County Superintendent T. H. Lewis
of Bay City was in town Wednesday.
Dr. A. S. Morton was a caller from
Bay City Tuesday evening.
Russel E. Ward was down from
Victoria on business Thursday.
C. J. Wildman of Palacios was in
town Friday.
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The home of Mrs. Morgan Smith was
the scene of much merriment Saturday
afternoon when the guests began to
arrive in response to an invitation
from Mrs. Smith for a miscelleneous
shower for Miss Inez Kain.
Despite the deluge of rain that fell
that morning, there was a good atten-
dance, some walking, others at a
greater distance going in the transfer.
Those assembling found the reroine
of the hour upon the scene gowned in
a white brocaded silk foulard with
hat, shoes and gloves in harmony.
Those coming in first chatted gayly
until all had arrived then the hostess
passed cards with program pencils !
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Misses Elizabeth and Gertrude Gil-
• bert, after spending Thanksgiving
here with their parents, Editor and
Mrs. C. E. Gilbert, returned to their
school work Sunday at Bay City and
Victoria.
Miss Mildred Walker of Bay City,
who had part in the little play put on
here Friday night by Bay City ama-
teurs, stayed over for a few days’
visit with her sister, Mrs. Carroll
Ryman.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lorino enter-
tained with a “spend the day” party
Thanksgiving, their guests being Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Calhoun of Wads-
worth, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Sterling,
Miss Birdie Sterling, Mr. and Mrs.
John Dunbar, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Dunbar.
Miss Inez Kain, who is to be mar-
ried at high noon today to Mr. W.
H. Swagerty, was honored by her
aunts, Mesdames J. B. Hawkins and
G. B. Culver, Thursday afternoon with
a unique entertainment, her guests for
the afternoon being the Four M’s
Sewing Club and a few others. The
parlor and dining room were gor-
geous in cut flowers—exquisite win-
ter roses, chrysanthemums and ever-
green.
Sewing was engaged in until all the
guests arrived, then work was laid
aside and a turkey contest taken up.
Pretty score cards were passed con-
taining a picture of a turkey and the
word “contest.” Here are a few of
the interesting questions: “Why has
a turkey five reason for being sad?”
“What part of a turkey tells a story?”
“What does a dressmaker do to a tur-
key?” Seventeen question, the an-
swers proving as interesting as the
answers to the foregoing.
When all were answered, Miss Reba
Rugeley and Mrs. Lem Blair tied for.
the first prize, a handsome picture,
and Mrs. Blair drew the luck straw;
Miss Forrest Zipprian was awarded a
thimble, the booby prize.
The assemblage was then summoned
to the dining room where they sat
down to a real Thanksgiving feast.
The first course consisted of roast
turkey, sandwiches, pickles, olives,
cranberry sauce, celery; the second
course, mince pie and hot chobolate.
The guests of this afternoon’s hos-
pitality were Misses Inez Kain, Reba
Rugeley, Fannie Nolte, Bertha Boyd,
Jessie May Serrill, Gertrude Sharkey,
Vera Burke, Bertha Funk, Lucile and
Loula Duffy, Forrest Zipprian, Eliza-
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Charley Jones of Bay City is trans-
acting business in Markham this week.
Mrs. Jack Walker went to Bay City
Saturday, returning Sunday.
Ed Morris was a Bay City visitor
Sunday.
Mrs. Myrtle Bailey and son, Arthur,
of San Antonio, were visiting in Mark-
ham the first of the week.
Mrs. Sarah Lee and daughter, Dol-
' lie May, visited relatives in Bay City
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. A. Bryan and wife of Temple
arrived in town Sunday and is stop-
ping at title Huddleston Hotel until
they get their house built on their
117-acre tract of land, recently bought
from the Moore-Cortes Company about
one mile from town which they are
going to put to dry farming the com-
ing year. We welcome them to our
town.
Mrs. Dr. Davis and little son re-
turned home Saturday after an ab-
sence of several weeks.
Mrs. Louie Cornelius visited rela-
tives in El Campo last week.
Jim Lewis and Hayden McDonald
spent Saturday and Sunday in Bay
City.
Mrs. Tom Surmons went over to
Bay City on a shopping visit Satur-
day. d •
Misses Veda Cabiness, Mary Luder
and Leona Brown were
tors Saturday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Wendt,
on Thursday of last week, a twelve
and one-half pound boy.
Albert Nolte and L. Winston were
Bay City visitors Sunday.
Mrs. L. Cornelius’ sister from Wal-
lace, Texas, is visiting her this week.
Misses Dollie and Beulah Huddle-
ston spent Saturday and Sunday in
Bay City visiting relatives.
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Sam Primm of Bay City was here
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week
with some cotton farmers from Cen-
tral Texas to whom he rented farms
for a crop next season.
Mr. Thos. H. Lewis, county superin-
tendent of schools, was here Wednes-
day evening and Thursday morning.
II. W. Persons, county agriculture
instructor of Bay City, was here Wed-
nesday evening and made a talk on
corn growing to a small audience at
the school building.
Mr. James O’Neal of Portsmouth
was here on Wednesday and Thurs-
day of this week.
Mr. J .J. Gillespie was in Blessing-
Wednesday inspecting the rice be-
longing to the Collegeport Irrigation
Company on which he was receiving
bids for its purchase.
Mr. Will E. Cate of Houston was a
visitor in town Wednesday and Thurs-
day, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Clapp.
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STRAWBERRIES AT SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio, Texas, December 3. —
A double record, one for earliness and
the other for price, was made by
strawberries in San Antonio markets
today. The berries sold for $10 a
crate, or 50c a box, but private con-
sumers were not given a chance at the
fruit, the hotels buying all in sight
forthwith. The berries were grown
near Poteet, whence, it was announc-
ed, ample supplies will come within
a week or so. This is believed here
to be the earliest shipment of straw-
berries ever made in this country.
beth and Gertrude Gilbert; Mesdames
Lem Blair, Carroll Ryman, Amos
Duffy and J. A. Bruce.
Miss Josie Sargent and Miss Mar-
guerite Hamilton .are spending
Thanksgiving at Wharton.
Miss Tenie Holmes of Bay City and
the Misses Gilbert—Miss Elizabeth of
Bay City and Miss Gertrude of Vic-
toria high school—came' to spend
Thanksgiving with friends and rela-
tives here.
Miss Myrtle Duffy of this place and
Mrs. C. L. Watson of Columbus were
united in the holy bonds of matrimony
at the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Duffy, Wednesday
moring at 10:30.
The attendants were Messrs. Whit-
bey Marques and Frank Duffy, Misses
Lucile and Loula Duffy, cousins of the
bride, who led the way into the taste-
fully decorated parlor. The color
scheme being white and green and
standing under a large wedding bell
of snowy chrysanthemums, this happy
young couple plighted their vows be-
fore Rev. John Sloan of Bay City.
The room was fairly banked in beau-
tiful November blossoms and green
vines, the window draperies having
hearts shaped over them of the vines
mingling with the flowers. The bride
was beautifully adorned with white
brocaded metelasse gown, with shoes
and gloves to match.
Miss Loula Duffy was in pale blue
and Miss Lucile in delicate shade of
pink. The groom and groomsmen
were attired in the conventional black.
Immediately afte rthe impressive
Episcopal ceremony, cake, egg-nog
and wine were served, and after the
bride had changed her dress of white
to her traveling dress of midnight
blue serge with other paraphernalia,
a sumptuous wedding dinner was
served after which the young couple'
departed for a honeymoon trip to
San Antonio and Galveston. The
wedding guests followed them to the
depot and gave them a bountiful
shower of rice. The only immediate
friends being present were Misses
Jessie May Serrill. Mesdames C. A.
Davis, E. P. Layton and W. G.
Thornhill. After spending , the
Christmas holidays here, they wilJ
take up their residence in Columbus,
the home of the groom.
Mrs. Watson is one of our fairest
daughters—native born—and by her
many charming womanly graces has
legions of friends here who grieve over
her leaving their midst yet they re-
joice with her that she is happy. Her
chosen life-mate is a prominent elec-
trician of' Columbus and while not
very widely known here, we know he
should be or he never could have
claimed Miss Duffy as his own—a
higher tribute than this can not be
paid him.
The next wedding to take place here
is that of Mr. W. Harold Swagerty
and Miss Inez Kain, December 3.
This bride-elect will come in for her
share of favors shown by her friends.
Roland Inglehart, who is barbering
at Bay City, spent Thanksgiving here
with his family.
Swagerty-Kain.
Mr. W. H. Swagerty and Miss Inez
Kain were married at high-noon Wed-
nesday at the home of Mrs. M. J.
Bruce, where Miss Kain has resided
ever since a little girl. Several friends
and relatives witnessed the event.
Rev. L. E. Selfridge, the Presbyter-
ian minister officiated.
The parlor was tastefully adorned
with cut flowers, roses mostly, and
the bride was donned in her traveling-
dress of cadet blue “Tango colth” and
blue hat with plume and gloves of the
same shade. The groom was in th'e
conventional black.
After the ceremony, they were fol-
lowed to the depot by the wedding
guests and profusely pelted with rice
which was lots of fun for every one
but the bride and groom.
After a few days at Galveston, they
will be “at home” in Matagorda to
their friends.
Mr. Swagerty is a native of Throck-
morton, Texas, but has resided in this
place for the past six years, first com-
ing as a companion to Mr. W. B. Wads-
worth and since Mr. Wadsworth’s
death has clerked in the Wadsworth
store. He is a young man of exem-
plary habits and has made many
friends in our town. His bride is a
native of Matagorda and is the second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Kain of this place.
By her graceful and charming per-
sonality, she also has a host of many
friends who wish them von voyage on
the matrimonial sea.
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Laugh overleaps laugh, surprise fol-
lows surprise, and thrill chases thrill
in the unfolding of the plot and story
of “Officer 666,” the sensational farce
which will be presented here at the
Grand Opera House on December 18.
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The seven-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Harris died suddenly on
Tuesday of diptheria. The parents
have the sympathy of the entire com-
munity.
The Blessing schools have been
closed for the, balance of the week on
account of two cases of diptheria
among the pupils.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Duller spent Fri-
day in Bay City.
Mr. V. G. Phelps of Francitas came
over Thursday evening and attended
the dance that night.
G. B. Robertson returned Friday
from Wharton where he had spent
Thanksgiving Day with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Minich and
Mrs. Ethel McCluhan returned Thurs-
day from North Bend, Neb.
Mrs. Hamilton from Illinois is visit-
ing her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Lucas.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cobb spent
several days at Citrus Grove this
week.
Mr. A. D. Peoples of Alvin was in
Blessing Tuesday on business.
The Blessing orchestra gave an en-
joyable dance at Lgoan Hall on
Thanksgiving night.
Mr. D. A. Wheeler has been quite
ill the past week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Richards and baby of
Bay City and Mr. C. T. Dye took din-
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kennedy
Thanksgiving Day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brown and F.
R. Curtis of Bluffton, Ind., spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Fell.
Miss Marie Kennedy spent the week
fend in Bay City with friends.
Mrs. Jennie Brown spent Sunday
with Mrs. George Graham of Bay
City.
Mrs. Flogg and Mrs. Griffith of Ok-
lahoma are visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Lankford.
Miss Winnie Turner returned Sun-
day from Collegeport after spending
several days wtih her parents.
C. T. Dye spent. Tuesday in Bay City.
Mr. and Mrs. Fell attended the re-
ception given the Methodist choir at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Yost
at Bay City. They report a very fine
time.
Mr. F. R. Curtis, who has been very
ill for . several days, is slowly improv-
ing.
W. M. Brown was at the county seat
Wednesday on business.
Mrs. B. T. Curry and Miss Gertrude
O’Brien spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. W. M. Brown.
Mr. E. G. Cloar and son, Roy, of
Bay City, were seen on our streets
Wednesday afternoon.
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Mr. John H. Roach of Blessing was
in town Sunday looking fine since his
outing for several weeks.
Mr. Wm. Pfeiffer left Monday morn-
ing for Blessing where he has a con-
tract of plastering the new brick store
for Mr. Abel B. Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Hurd took
the Southern Pacific train for Pledger
on Monday morning to spend a few
days with their son, Herbert D. Hurd,
who is farming near that place.
Misses Anna and Lula Repsdorf of
Houston came in Friday evening via
Southern Pacific for a visit to their
sister, Mrs. J. B. McCain.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Green and Mr.
attached. . C. W. Francis and sister, uncle and
On one side of the card this request aunt of Mrs. Green, who have been
was written: “Tell the prospective visiting here for sometime, left Mon-
j bride, in writing on the other side, day via Southern Pacific for Houston
the most important thing to do, to and New Orleans where, after a brief
keep a husband kind and true.” Some i visit at each place, are to ship
of the replies were highly amusing,
and all original, and nearly all with
one accord, though expressed in dif-
ferent ways, had the thought fixed in
their minds that the “most important
was was to feed him well.”
The first answer given is by Mrs.
J. J. Shindler and won the first prize, [ days this week,
a beautiful hand-painted china plate,
which she presented the bride-to-be.
“Sew the buttons on his clothes,
Bay City visi- patch the holes in his hose, catch him
by the nose, and tell him how you
love him, goodness knows!”
Some ofthe others are as follows:
“Feed the brute and make him cute,”
Mrs. Amos Duffy; “Always give him
lots of good things to eat and he will
always keep sweet,” Mrs. Layton;
“I’ve heard, though whether ’tis true
or not—I don’t pretend to say, the way
to keep a husban’s heart, is three
square meals a day,” Mrs. W. H.
Smith; “Feed him all the time, good
and well, and do not stories tell; do
not spend too much money, always
call him dear and honey,” Mrs. A. W.
McNabb. There are many more equal-
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Mr. I. C. Richards of Gainesmore
was a business visitor to Sargent last
Monday.
E. R. Hunt, who is teaching the Sar-
gent school, spent Thanksgiving at
Palacios with homefolks.
S. S. Montgomery went to Bay City
Monday to transact some 1— —
returned home Wednesday.
Louis Chambless went to Bay City
Saturday and returned home. Monday
of this week.
Deputy Sheriff Pile was down
week.
Ed Phillips went to Houston
week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dawdy
children went to Bay City to visit a,
few days with relatives, returning'
Monday. chosen words thanked her friends for
the many beautiful gifts bestowed
upon her. Those present on this oc-
casion were Miss Kain, the honoree;
Misses Jessie May Serrill, Josie Sar-
gent, Bertha Boyd, Reba Rugley, Ger-
trude and Elizabeth Gilbert, Loula
Duffy, Gertrude Sharkey, Fennie
Nolte; Mesdames M., J. Bruce, G. B.
© Culver, J. B. Hawkins, Goodwin
Sterne, C. E. Gilbert, W. H. Smith, J.
J. Schindler, Geo. T. Sargent, W. S.
Stewart, E. P. Layton, F. L. Ruge-
ley, H. P. Baxter, Amos Duffy, J. A.
Bruce, M. E. Lawson, A. J. Trahan.
Miss Ethel Spence, who spent
Thanksgiving week-end with her pa-
rents at Buckeye, left Saturday for
Collegeport.
Mr. L. E. Liggett of Collegeport
spent the week-end with friends here.
The Misses Yerxa and Mr. Erie
Laraway spent Saturday evening at
Bay City.
Dr. and Mrs. Vaughan went to Bay
City Saturday.
Mr. Charles Knox returned to Wads-
worth Friday.
Mr. Frank Bond of Ashby spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs.
Yerxa.
Miss Matie Brewer and Miss Willie
Mae Colbert spent Thanksgiving week-
end with friends at Bay City.
A large crowd gathered at Hotel
Plotner Thanksgiving night and had
a social time.
Mrs. Porter, who was on the sick
list last week, is convalescent.
Mr. Robert Burns, who spent a few
days at Buckeye last week, left for
New Mexico on Thursday.
Mrs. Harry Milnor spent the day
in Bay City Wednesday.
Miss Helen Beadle of Beadle was
the guest of friends in Bay City last
week for the dance at the Moose
Hall.
Several new families have moved
to Buckeye recently and will farm
cotton and corn the coming season.
A number of men are employed
painting the new school house which
is nearly ready for occupancy.
The Brownsville train was delayed
several hours Friday afternoon on ac-
count of a freight wreck near Vander-
bilt.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foster were at
Buckeye Monday.
Mr. Irving returned to Bay City
Sunday evening, after visiting his
family.
Miss Agnes Spence will spend the
week-end at Collegeport
friends.
The Sons of Honor and the Esthers
met at the home of Mrs. A. H. Yerxa
Tuesday evening and after a business
session Mr. Spoor, in behalf of the
men’s class, invited , the ladies to the
dining room where the Sons of Honor
had served an oyster supper, much to
the surprise of the Esther class. The
tables were prettily decorated with
boquets and presented a pleasing sight
and the ladies, assisted by the men,
did justice to the spread. Miss Anna
Spence, class president, in a short
speech, gave a vote of thanks to their
hosts, and the evening will not soon
be forgotten.
too much space should we give them
all. Miss Sargent received the booby,
an egg beater which she also present-
ed the bride. The hostess then
brought in a large wicker clothes
basket and invited the honoree to go
to the dining room to gather her
business. He washing and, of course, every one
; else followed and there on a line with
new clothes pins were pinned many
handsome pieces of hand embroidered
; linens, and the dining table was
strewn with cut glass and china. The
bride-elect lost no time in getting
them all into the basket and she kept
>the rest amused by saying witty noth-
anQ ings while thus engaged. When she
completed her task and while the
guests were enjoying sandwiches and
i fruit punch Miss Kain in a few well
School was dismissed Thursday so
that the pupils could spend a merry
Thanksgiving at home.
Capti. Waters came
and
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1913, newspaper, December 5, 1913; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299656/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.